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Congrats class of 2025!

Degree? Check. Future? Wide open. 

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The University of Calgary is a place to start something—a career, a company, a new cure, or a new skill. We’re Canada’s entrepreneurial university. Join us!

Undergraduate programs

Take your next step at one of Canada’s top research universities. Whichever of our 250+ programs you choose, you’ll find state-of-the-art creative labs, hands-on learning, and invaluable mentorship opportunities. UCalgary doesn’t just teach entrepreneurial thinking, it’s part of everything we do. Ready to start something big?  

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Graduate programs

We offer more than 225 credentials across 80 programs —all with the entrepreneurial thinking that defines UCalgary. From across Canada and around the world, we attract people who want to enhance their knowledge, create new career pathways, or pursue ground-breaking research. Want to start your next something? 

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Professional and Continuing Education

With more than 1,200 courses and seminars and 70 in-demand certificate programs, we help working professionals adapt to the changing labour market and curiosity-seekers gain personal enrichment. UCalgary’s courses are relevant, in-demand, and best-practise-based. Want to learn something new? 

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UCalgary paleontologists identify ancestor of tyrannosaurs

Khankhuuluu was a precursor to the bone-crushing kings of the Cretaceous

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Team discovers method to transform limestone into bacteria-killing nanoparticle

Partnership harnesses process to create surfaces that kill disease-causing microbes

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Researchers discover coffee waste helps detect toxic chemicals in water

Process could be adopted widely to help communities around the world

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Class of 2025: You never cease to amaze us

In photos: Campus celebrates largest spring graduating class in our history

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Why UCalgary?

We've been ranked amongst the world's top universities and we've done it by pushing our limits, challenging ourselves to do better, and seeking knowledge – wherever that journey takes us.

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250+ Programs

in the 14 Faculties at UCalgary

34,000+ Students

UCalgary educates over 26,000 undergraduate and 8,000 graduate students

Graduate employment rate

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